[m-dev.] diff: use .nocopyright files to control copyright checks.

[Peter Schachte]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 03:31:26PM +1000, Zoltan Somogyi wrote:
> > +				if ($_ =~ /^$file/) {
> > +					print "no copyright check required for `$file' (from `$directory')\n";
> > +					return 0;
> > +				}
> 
> You should anchor the pattern match not only on the left (start of line),
> but also on the right (end of line).

Good point.  But it would be sporting to allow whitespace at least at the
end of the line, since it can't be readily seen in a text editor, and so
could easily lead to hair loss.  Better still, allow multiple file names on
a line, like the .cvsignore file, using the pattern

	/\b$file\b$/

Handling wildcards would take a bit more work.

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